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2014/02/13

Reblog: ‘No One Cares About Your Damn Religion’ by Larry Womack

Had to share
this one, because I think it is deserving of attention.Mr. Womack’s assertions are spot on, well
thought out, succinct, and articulate.Like many of the commentators mention, this is a piece I wish I had been
able to write, as it pinpoints many of the key issues that are part of my own
ideology.

Even
the comments are worth a read. This
particular exchange brings to light a few things I did not know about the history
of the United States and the intellectual environment in which this country was
founded.

Justice
Seeker (Justice_Seek3r)

Classic. An outsider misinterpreting a
group's sacred texts. Almost every assertion the author makes is based on false
premise, mistranslation or misunderstanding.

The fact of the matter is, god-fearing
Christians and deists created what would become the most religiously and
racially tolerant country in the world.

There's a reason Ben Franklin's submission
for the Seal of the United States showed the Hebrew's exodus from slavery in
Egypt. There's a reason the Liberty Bell was inscribed with a verse from
Leviticus. There's a reason the words "In God We Trust" are
emblazoned in huge letters above the chambers of congress, and on every US
coin. The Founder's values were Judeo-Christian values. Our ideas of justice
come from the biblical demand for justice. Our legal system was influenced by
biblical law.

To say "no one cares about your damn
religion" is to deny the reality of your own history. The United States of
America was an aberration. The idea of people ruled by themselves, not by a
monarch, was unheard of. To understand how this country came to be, one must
acknowledge the religious values of its founders.

11 FEB 1:12 PM

Alder
W. (A_Dub)

Nonsense.

If the U.S.A. was founded on the Christian
religion, the Constitution would clearly say so but it does not. When the
Founders wrote the nation's Constitution, they specified that "no
religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or
public trust under the United States." (Article 6, section 3) This
provision was radical in its day giving equal citizenship to believers and
non-believers alike. They wanted to ensure that no single religion could make
the claim of being the official, national religion, such as England had.

Nowhere in the Constitution does it mention
religion, except in exclusionary terms. It mentions "We The People".
The words "Jesus Christ, Christianity, Bible, and God" are never
mentioned in the Constitution not once.

The Founders were students of the European
Enlightenment.

Half a century after the establishment of the
United States, clergymen complained that no president up to that date had been
a Christian. In a sermon that was reported in newspapers, Episcopal minister
Bird Wilson of Albany, New York, protested in October 1831: "Among all our
presidents from Washington downward, not one was a professor of religion, at
least not of more than Unitarianism." The attitude of the age was one of
enlightened reason, tolerance, and free thought.

11 FEB 1:33 PM

I think
Alder W. just handed Justice Seeker his own ass. But then discussions regarding
the validity of the Bible and the hypocrisy of so-called ‘Christians’ are guaranteed
to raise hackles and bring out the worst in people who are ill-equipped to
argue their point of view.

Here’s
a link to the article. Enjoy! It’s a great read.

And
hats off to Larry Womack for nailing this one to the door of common sense!